Brice's Cross Roads Battlefield
Vising some of various sites at Brice's Crossroads Battlefield in northeast Mississippi. This battle occurred on June 10, 1864 near Baldwyn, Mississippi during the Civil War.
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Battle of Brice's Crossroads - Forrest's Greatest Victory (Lecture)
Join National Park Ranger Matt Atkinson as he explores the controversial Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest entered the service as a private and surrendered as a Lieutenant General. Along the way, this uneducated backwoods fellow learned the art of war, culminating in the year 1864 with the controversey at Fort Pillow, his greatest victory at Brice's Crossroads, and an all-out effort by General William T. Sherman to thwart that devil Forrest.
Battle of Brice's Crossroads
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Battle of Brice's Crossroads
The Battle of Brice's Crossroads was fought on June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn in Lee County, Mississippi, during the American Civil War.
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145th Anniversary Reenactment of the Battle of Brice's Crossroads 06/13/09
Civil war re-enactors recreate the Battle of Brice's Crossroads near Baldwyn, Miss.
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The Battle of Brice's Crossroads, also known as the Battle of Tishomingo Creek and the Battle of Guntown, was fought on Friday, June 10, 1864, near Baldwyn, Mississippi, then part of the Confederate States of America.A Federal expedition from Memphis, Tennessee, of 4,800 infantry and 3,300 cavalry, under the command of Brigadier-General Samuel Sturgis, was defeated by a Confederate force of 3,500 cavalry under the command of Major-General Nathan Forrest.The battle was a victory for the Confederates.Forrest inflicted heavy casualties on the Federal force and captured more than 1,600 prisoners of war, 18 artillery pieces, and wagons loaded with supplies.
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Battle of Brice's Crossroads
Experience the Battle of Brice's Crossroads through the eyes of the boys who fought there! Five detailed chapters of The Chatfield Story are devoted to the lead up and aftermath of this amazing battle. Let this 4-minute clip serve as an introduction. Enjoy The Chatfield Story, available on Kindle, Nook, and paperback. Learn more at chatfieldstory.com
Natchez Trace Parkway - Tupelo, Mississippi
This video shows some of the attractions on and near the Natchez Trace Parkway near Tupelo, Mississippi from milepost 281 to milepost 248. Pictured are Chickasaw Council, Black Belt Overlook, Chickasaw Village, Tupelo Visitors Center, Confederate Gravesites, Dogwood Valley, Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site, Elvis Presley Birthplace, Baldwyn, Mississippi and Tupelo, Mississippi.
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Brice's Cross Roads National Battlefield Site commemorates the Battle of Brice's Crossroads, in which the Confederate army, under Major-General Nathan Bedford Forrest, defeated a much larger Union force on June 10, 1864, to ultimately secure supply lines between Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Humphrey's Division on July 2nd: A Gettysburg Battle Walk - Ranger Karlton Smith
General Andrew A. Humphreys led approximately five thousand Union soldiers into battle at Gettysburg on July 2nd, 1863. At the conclusion of that day's fighting over two thousand were counted as casualties. Join Gettysburg National Military Park Ranger Karlton Smith as he explores their story and the battlefield where they fought, bled, and died.
Mississippi | Wikipedia audio article
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Mississippi ( (listen)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and 32nd most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana to the west. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Jackson, with a population of approximately 175,000 people, is both the state's capital and largest city.
The state is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area, which is the area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, as the waterways were critical for transportation. Large gangs of slaves were used to work on cotton plantations. After the war, freedmen began to clear the bottomlands to the interior, in the process selling off timber and buying property. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after the financial crisis, which occurred when blacks were facing increasing racial discrimination and disfranchisement in the state.
Clearing of the land for plantations altered the Delta's ecology, increasing the severity of flooding along the Mississippi by taking out trees and bushes that had absorbed excess waters. Much land is now held by agribusinesses. A largely rural state with agricultural areas dominated by industrial farms, Mississippi is ranked low or last among the states in such measures as health, educational attainment, and median household income. The state's catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.Since the 1930s and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North and West, the majority of Mississippi's population has been white, although the state still has the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. state. From the early 19th century to the 1930s, its residents were majority black, and before the American Civil War that population was composed largely of African-American slaves. Democratic Party whites retained political power through disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws. In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 400,000 rural blacks left the state for work and opportunities in northern and midwestern cities, with another wave of migration around World War II to West Coast cities. In the early 1960s, Mississippi was the poorest state in the nation, with 86% of its non-whites living below the poverty level.In 2010, 37% of Mississippians were African Americans, the highest percentage of African Americans in any U.S. state. Since regaining enforcement of their voting rights in the late 1960s, most African Americans have supported Democratic candidates in local, state and national elections. Conservative whites have shifted to the Republican Party. African Americans are a majority in many counties of the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta, an area of historic slave settlement during the plantation era.
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Mississippi
00:03:08 1 Etymology
00:03:28 2 Geography
00:05:58 2.1 Major cities and towns
00:06:41 2.2 Climate
00:09:07 2.3 Ecology, flora, and fauna
00:11:34 2.4 Ecological problems
00:11:44 2.4.1 Flooding
00:15:40 3 History
00:17:29 3.1 Colonial era
00:19:57 3.2 United States territory
00:22:27 3.3 Statehood, 1817–1861
00:25:13 3.4 Civil War to 20th century
00:31:27 3.5 20th century to present
00:40:36 4 Demographics
00:44:24 4.1 Ancestry
00:48:26 4.2 Language
00:49:11 4.3 Religion
00:52:11 4.4 Birth data
00:52:38 4.5 LGBT
00:53:56 5 Health
00:56:15 6 Economy
01:02:03 6.1 Entertainment and tourism
01:03:48 6.2 Manufacturing
01:04:12 6.3 Taxation
01:05:52 6.4 Federal subsidies and spending
01:07:18 7 Politics and government
01:08:18 7.1 Laws
01:09:26 8 Political alignment
01:10:23 9 Transportation
01:10:32 9.1 Air
01:10:51 9.2 Roads
01:11:15 9.3 Rail
01:11:23 9.3.1 Passenger
01:11:48 9.3.2 Freight
01:12:32 9.4 Water
01:12:40 9.4.1 Major rivers
01:13:00 9.4.2 Major bodies of water
01:14:39 10 Media
01:14:47 11 Education
01:20:19 12 Culture
01:21:09 12.1 Music
01:23:19 12.2 Literature
01:23:27 12.3 Sports
01:24:13 13 Notable people
01:24:22 14 See also
01:24:39 15 Footnotes
01:24:48 16 Further reading
01:25:05 17 External links
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Mississippi ( (listen)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and 34th most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana to the west. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Jackson, with a population of approximately 175,000 people, is both the state's capital and largest city.
The state is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area, which is the area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, as the waterways were critical for transportation. Large gangs of slaves were used to work on cotton plantations. After the war, freedmen began to clear the bottomlands to the interior, in the process selling off timber and buying property. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after the financial crisis, which occurred when blacks were facing increasing racial discrimination and disfranchisement in the state.
Clearing of the land for plantations altered the Delta's ecology, increasing the severity of flooding along the Mississippi by taking out trees and bushes that had absorbed excess waters. Much land is now held by agribusinesses. A largely rural state with agricultural areas dominated by industrial farms, Mississippi is ranked low or last among the states in such measures as health, educational attainment, and median household income. The state's catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.Since the 1930s and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North and West, the majority of Mississippi's population has been white, although the state still has the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. state. From the early 19th century to the 1930s, its residents were majority black, and before the American Civil War that population was composed largely of African-American slaves. Democratic Party whites retained political power through disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws. In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 400,000 rural blacks left the state for work and opportunities in northern and midwestern cities, with another wave of migration around World War II to West Coast cities. In the early 1960s, Mississippi was the poorest state in the nation, with 86% of its non-whites living below the poverty level.In 2010, 37% of Mississippians were African ...
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00:03:24 1 Etymology
00:03:46 2 Geography
00:06:28 2.1 Major cities and towns
00:07:15 2.2 Climate
00:09:56 2.3 Ecology, flora, and fauna
00:12:36 2.4 Ecological problems
00:12:45 2.4.1 Flooding
00:17:00 3 History
00:18:58 3.1 Colonial era
00:21:38 3.2 United States territory
00:24:22 3.3 Statehood, 1817–1861
00:27:21 3.4 Civil War to 20th century
00:34:10 3.5 20th century to present
00:44:08 4 Demographics
00:48:20 4.1 Ancestry
00:52:42 4.2 Language
00:53:31 4.3 Religion
00:56:47 4.4 Birth data
00:57:16 4.5 LGBT
00:58:40 5 Health
01:01:12 6 Economy
01:07:26 6.1 Entertainment and tourism
01:09:21 6.2 Manufacturing
01:09:47 6.3 Taxation
01:11:38 6.4 Federal subsidies and spending
01:13:10 7 Politics and government
01:14:15 7.1 Laws
01:15:29 8 Political alignment
01:16:31 9 Transportation
01:16:41 9.1 Air
01:17:01 9.2 Roads
01:17:26 9.3 Rail
01:17:35 9.3.1 Passenger
01:18:02 9.3.2 Freight
01:18:50 9.4 Water
01:18:59 9.4.1 Major rivers
01:19:20 9.4.2 Major bodies of water
01:21:07 10 Media
01:21:16 11 Education
01:27:18 12 Culture
01:28:12 12.1 Music
01:30:33 12.2 Literature
01:30:42 12.3 Sports
01:31:32 13 Notable people
01:31:41 14 See also
01:31:59 15 Footnotes
01:32:09 16 Further reading
01:32:28 17 External links
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Mississippi ( (listen)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and 34th most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana to the west. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Jackson, with a population of approximately 175,000 people, is both the state's capital and largest city.
The state is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area, which is the area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, as the waterways were critical for transportation. Large gangs of slaves were used to work on cotton plantations. After the war, freedmen began to clear the bottomlands to the interior, in the process selling off timber and buying property. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after the financial crisis, which occurred when blacks were facing increasing racial discrimination and disfranchisement in the state.
Clearing of the land for plantations altered the Delta's ecology, increasing the severity of flooding along the Mississippi by taking out trees and bushes that had absorbed excess waters. Much land is now held by agribusinesses. A largely rural state with agricultural areas dominated by industrial farms, Mississippi is ranked low or last among the states in such measures as health, educational attainment, and median household income. The state's catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.Since the 1930s and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North and West, the majority of Mississippi's population has been white, although the state still has the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. state. From the early 19th century to the 1930s, its residents were majority black, and before the American Civil War that population was composed largely of African-American slaves. Democratic Party whites retained political power through disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws. In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 400,000 rural blacks left the state for work and opportunities in northern and midwestern cities, with another wave of migration around World War II to ...
Louisiana Radical: James Longstreet and Reconstruction (Lecture)
Park Ranger Karlton Smith discusses Longstreet's post-war politics, his role in shaping reconstruction in Louisiana, his involvement with some of the era's major players, and his participation in the Battle of Liberty Place.
Mississippi | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:09 1 Etymology
00:03:29 2 Geography
00:05:59 2.1 Major cities and towns
00:06:42 2.2 Climate
00:09:09 2.3 Ecology, flora, and fauna
00:11:37 2.4 Ecological problems
00:11:46 2.4.1 Flooding
00:15:43 3 History
00:17:32 3.1 Colonial era
00:20:02 3.2 United States territory
00:22:33 3.3 Statehood, 1817–1861
00:25:19 3.4 Civil War to 20th century
00:31:36 3.5 20th century to present
00:40:47 4 Demographics
00:44:36 4.1 Ancestry
00:48:39 4.2 Language
00:49:25 4.3 Religion
00:52:25 4.4 Birth data
00:52:53 4.5 LGBT
00:54:10 5 Health
00:56:30 6 Economy
01:02:19 6.1 Entertainment and tourism
01:04:04 6.2 Manufacturing
01:04:28 6.3 Taxation
01:06:09 6.4 Federal subsidies and spending
01:07:35 7 Politics and government
01:08:35 7.1 Laws
01:09:44 8 Political alignment
01:10:41 9 Transportation
01:10:50 9.1 Air
01:11:09 9.2 Roads
01:11:32 9.3 Rail
01:11:40 9.3.1 Passenger
01:12:06 9.3.2 Freight
01:12:50 9.4 Water
01:12:58 9.4.1 Major rivers
01:13:18 9.4.2 Major bodies of water
01:14:57 10 Media
01:15:06 11 Education
01:20:39 12 Culture
01:21:29 12.1 Music
01:23:40 12.2 Literature
01:23:48 12.3 Sports
01:24:34 13 Notable people
01:24:43 14 See also
01:25:00 15 Footnotes
01:25:09 16 Further reading
01:25:27 17 External links
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SUMMARY
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Mississippi ( (listen)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and 34th most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana to the west. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Jackson, with a population of approximately 175,000 people, is both the state's capital and largest city.
The state is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area, which is the area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, as the waterways were critical for transportation. Large gangs of slaves were used to work on cotton plantations. After the war, freedmen began to clear the bottomlands to the interior, in the process selling off timber and buying property. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after the financial crisis, which occurred when blacks were facing increasing racial discrimination and disfranchisement in the state.
Clearing of the land for plantations altered the Delta's ecology, increasing the severity of flooding along the Mississippi by taking out trees and bushes that had absorbed excess waters. Much land is now held by agribusinesses. A largely rural state with agricultural areas dominated by industrial farms, Mississippi is ranked low or last among the states in such measures as health, educational attainment, and median household income. The state's catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.Since the 1930s and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North and West, the majority of Mississippi's population has been white, although the state still has the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. state. From the early 19th century to the 1930s, its residents were majority black, and before the American Civil War that population was composed largely of African-American slaves. Democratic Party whites retained political power through disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws. In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 400,000 rural blacks left the state for work and opportunities in northern and midwestern cities, with another wave of migration around World War II to West Coast cities. In the early 1960s, Mississippi was the po ...
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Mississippi
00:03:09 1 Etymology
00:03:29 2 Geography
00:05:59 2.1 Major cities and towns
00:06:42 2.2 Climate
00:09:09 2.3 Ecology, flora, and fauna
00:11:37 2.4 Ecological problems
00:11:46 2.4.1 Flooding
00:15:43 3 History
00:17:32 3.1 Colonial era
00:20:02 3.2 United States territory
00:22:33 3.3 Statehood, 1817–1861
00:25:19 3.4 Civil War to 20th century
00:31:36 3.5 20th century to present
00:40:47 4 Demographics
00:44:36 4.1 Ancestry
00:48:39 4.2 Language
00:49:25 4.3 Religion
00:52:25 4.4 Birth data
00:52:53 4.5 LGBT
00:54:10 5 Health
00:56:30 6 Economy
01:02:19 6.1 Entertainment and tourism
01:04:04 6.2 Manufacturing
01:04:28 6.3 Taxation
01:06:09 6.4 Federal subsidies and spending
01:07:35 7 Politics and government
01:08:35 7.1 Laws
01:09:44 8 Political alignment
01:10:41 9 Transportation
01:10:50 9.1 Air
01:11:09 9.2 Roads
01:11:32 9.3 Rail
01:11:40 9.3.1 Passenger
01:12:06 9.3.2 Freight
01:12:50 9.4 Water
01:12:58 9.4.1 Major rivers
01:13:18 9.4.2 Major bodies of water
01:14:57 10 Media
01:15:06 11 Education
01:20:39 12 Culture
01:21:29 12.1 Music
01:23:40 12.2 Literature
01:23:48 12.3 Sports
01:24:34 13 Notable people
01:24:43 14 See also
01:25:00 15 Footnotes
01:25:09 16 Further reading
01:25:27 17 External links
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SUMMARY
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Mississippi ( (listen)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and 34th most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana to the west. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Jackson, with a population of approximately 175,000 people, is both the state's capital and largest city.
The state is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area, which is the area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, as the waterways were critical for transportation. Large gangs of slaves were used to work on cotton plantations. After the war, freedmen began to clear the bottomlands to the interior, in the process selling off timber and buying property. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after the financial crisis, which occurred when blacks were facing increasing racial discrimination and disfranchisement in the state.
Clearing of the land for plantations altered the Delta's ecology, increasing the severity of flooding along the Mississippi by taking out trees and bushes that had absorbed excess waters. Much land is now held by agribusinesses. A largely rural state with agricultural areas dominated by industrial farms, Mississippi is ranked low or last among the states in such measures as health, educational attainment, and median household income. The state's catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.Since the 1930s and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North and West, the majority of Mississippi's population has been white, although the state still has the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. state. From the early 19th century to the 1930s, its residents were majority black, and before the American Civil War that population was composed largely of African-American slaves. Democratic Party whites retained political power through disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws. In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 400,000 rural blacks left the state for work and opportunities in northern and midwestern cities, with another wave of migration around World War II to West Coast cities. In the early 1960s, Mississippi was the poorest state in the nation, with 86% of its non-whites living below the poverty level.In 2010, 37% of Mississippians were African ...
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Mississippi ( (listen)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and 32nd most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana to the west. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Jackson, with a population of approximately 175,000 people, is both the state's capital and largest city.
The state is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area, which is the area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, as the waterways were critical for transportation. Large gangs of slaves were used to work on cotton plantations. After the war, freedmen began to clear the bottomlands to the interior, in the process selling off timber and buying property. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after the financial crisis, which occurred when blacks were facing increasing racial discrimination and disfranchisement in the state.
Clearing of the land for plantations altered the Delta's ecology, increasing the severity of flooding along the Mississippi by taking out trees and bushes that had absorbed excess waters. Much land is now held by agribusinesses. A largely rural state with agricultural areas dominated by industrial farms, Mississippi is ranked low or last among the states in such measures as health, educational attainment, and median household income. The state's catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.Since the 1930s and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North and West, the majority of Mississippi's population has been white, although the state still has the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. state. From the early 19th century to the 1930s, its residents were majority black, and before the American Civil War that population was composed largely of African-American slaves. Democratic Party whites retained political power through disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws. In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 400,000 rural blacks left the state for work and opportunities in northern and midwestern cities, with another wave of migration around World War II to West Coast cities. In the early 1960s, Mississippi was the poorest state in the nation, with 86% of its non-whites living below the poverty level.In 2010, 37% of Mississippians were African Americans, the highest percentage of African Americans in any U.S. state. Since regaining enforcement of their voting rights in the late 1960s, most African Americans have supported Democratic candidates in local, state and national elections. Conservative whites have shifted to the Republican Party. African Americans are a majority in many counties of the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta, an area of historic slave settlement during the plantation era.
Mississippi
Mississippi i/ˌmɪsɨˈsɪpi/ is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city with 175,437 people in 2012 up 1.1% from the 2010 U.S. Census with 173,514. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi . Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and the 31st most populous of the 50 United States. The state is heavily forested outside of the Mississippi Delta area, which was cleared for cotton cultivation in the 19th century. Today, its catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States. The state symbol is the Magnolia grandiflora tree. The state's flower is the Magnolia and the state bird is the Mockingbird. Mississippi has the lowest median household income, making it the poorest state in the nation.
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